With over 1,000 illustrations, including 47 color plates, this guide provides the most comprehensive coverage of any book on the signs of many European birds, resident, visiting or vagrant.
This ninth Jiggy McCue story sees Jiggy entering an alternative reality when he hides in the school caretaker's broom cupboard. In this new world, Jiggy finds he has swapped places with a boy called Juggy who is about to go on a school trip—a trip to compete in the UK Extreme Ironing Championships.
This illustrated tale is a fun and wacky story about Jiggy McCue, the boy who things seem to happen to...
This collection explores various facets of stardom and performance in Indian cinema, featuring a diverse range of actors and their cultural impact. Anupama Kapse discusses the dynamics of speed and risk in female performances within the stunt film genre. Neepa Majumdar traces K.L. Saigal’s transformation from a street singer to a legendary figure. Rachel Dwyer examines the iconic partnership of Raj Kapoor and Nargis, while Radha Dayal highlights Johnny Walker as a beloved comic star. Anustup Basu critically analyzes Dharmendra's decline as a classical star, and Meenasarani Murugun explores Sajid Khan's rise to transnational fame. Salma Siddique reflects on child star Rattan Kumar's journey to Pakistan, and Darshana Sreedhar revisits the legacy of Miss Kumari, the first female star of Malayalam cinema. Sudesh Mishra delves into Helen's role in popular Hindi cinema, while Rosie Thomas portrays Hema Malini as a multifaceted dream girl. M K Raghavendra discusses Rajkumar's influence in Kannada cinema, and Nandana Bose celebrates Sridevi's comedic talent. Michael Lawrence investigates the stardom of Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha, while Meena T. Pillai addresses Mohanlal's masculinity in Malayalam films. Iain Robert Smith critiques Mithun Chakraborty's cult status, and Ranita Chatterjee honors Kanan Devi's contributions. Shohini Ghosh examines Salman Khan's controversial persona, and Harjant S. Gill presents Harbhajan Maan's success i
Programming Graphical User Interfaces with R introduces each of the major R packages for GUI programming: RGtk2, qtbase, Tcl/Tk, and gWidgets. With examples woven through the text as well as stand-alone demonstrations of simple yet reasonably complete applications, the book features topics especially relevant to statisticians who aim to provide a practical interface to functionality implemented in R. The book offers: A how-to guide for developing GUIs within R The fundamentals for users with limited knowledge of programming within R and other languages GUI design for specific functions or as learning tools The accompanying package, ProgGUIinR, includes the complete code for all examples as well as functions for browsing the examples from the respective chapters. Accessible to seasoned, novice, and occasional R users, this book shows that for many purposes, adding a graphical interface to one’s work is not terribly sophisticated or time consuming.
A boy plays a computer game and accidentally swaps bodies with a girl
First in a new trilogy, by the author of the Jiggy McCue books. Two years ago, Alaric's mother died in an accident, and his world fell apart. Then one winter's day, Alaric finds himself drawn into a parallel world - a world in which his mother didn't die. The only problem is that in the other world she has a daughter, not a son. 14+.
The underpants from hell—that's what Jiggy calls his nemesis in his first wacky adenture, and not just because they look gross Jiggy McCue has a problem. His new underpants won't come off. Worse still, they have a mind of their own—an evil mind that seems to want to ruin his life. And they're succeeding!
For WBD 2011 a very funny, definitely not boring flip book, featuring Glenn Murphy's fascinating questions and answers about all things yucky, and Michael Lawrence's hapless hero, Jiggy McCue, on a voyage of discovery.
This eighth Jiggy McCue story sees Jiggy and his pals, Angie and Pete, as usual, in trouble. This time, they are under threat from the brain of Bryan Ryan, one of their classmates. Bryan's Brain is out of control and threatening to take over the world! And only Jiggy, Pete and Angie, the 'Three Musketeers', can stop it. One for All and All for Lunch!
